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Re:I am an 80 column purist by finnthehuman on Monday November 30, 2020 @11:37AM (#25255625)
>overly emotional/rage-y

Really? I can't read it as anything but tongue-in-cheek.

I default to the idea everything is potentially-insincere, especially online. Do you not?

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Re:I am an 80 column purist by watwut on Monday November 30, 2020 @11:46AM (#25255753)
No I do not.

Plus, I don't see a reason to attempt to mind read. If you write something angry for fun, the result is angry text. It is ok to interpret it as such.

Ok asked us to contrast two arguments. That is what I did.

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Re:I am an 80 column purist by bawolff on Monday November 30, 2020 @08:17PM (#25261141)
Being able to understand context and intent in written language isn't mind reading. Its just normal reading.
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